linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lockdep: check the depth of subclass

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Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:48:29 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, h.mitake@...il.com,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@....cz>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lockdep: check the depth of subclass

On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 17:30 +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> Current look_up_lock_class() doesn't check the parameter "subclass".
> This rarely rises problems because the main caller of this function,
> register_lock_class(), checks it.
> But register_lock_class() is not the only function which calls
> look_up_lock_class(). lock_set_class() and its callees also call it.
> And lock_set_class() doesn't check this parameter.
> 
> This will rise problems when the the value of subclass is larger than
> MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES. Because the address (used as the key of class)
> caliculated with too large subclass has a possibility to point
> another key in different lock_class_key.
> Of course this problem depends on the memory layout and
> occurs with really low possibility.
> 
> And mousedev_create() calles lockdep_set_subclass() and
> sets class of mousedev->mutex as MOUSEDEV_MIX(== 31).
> And if my understanding is correct,
> this subclass doesn't have to be MOUSEDEV_MIX,
> so I modified this value to SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING.
> 
> v2: Based on Peter Zijlstra's advice, I removed the
> checking of the subclass value from __lock_acquire().
> Because this is already a redundant thing.
> 
> # If you need devided version for mousedev.c and lockdep.c,
> # feel free to tell me.

I've taken the patch without the mousedev hunk, as Dmitry said he'd take
that.

Thanks!
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